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Weaning Development

Weaning Development is a biological process within marine mammal ontogeny that denotes the transitional stage wherein offspring progressively shift from dependence on maternal milk to the ingestion of solid food, marking a critical milestone in their growth and physiological maturation.

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Northern elephant seal development: The transition from weaning to nutritional independence

Joanne Reiter, Nell Lee Stinson, Burney J. Le Bœuf · Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology · 1978 · 301 citations

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From the ape's dilemma to the weanling's dilemma: early weaning and its evolutionary context

Gerald L. Kennedy · Journal of Human Evolution · 2005 · 264 citations

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The meaning of weaning

Paul Martin · Animal Behaviour · 1984 · 201 citations

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Development of ecological competence in Sumatran orangutans

Maria A. van Noordwijk, Carel P. van Schaik · American Journal of Physical Anthropology · 2004 · 191 citations

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Investigating the weaning process in past populations

D. Ann Herring, Shelley R. Saunders, M. Anne Katzenberg · American Journal of Physical Anthropology · 1998 · 190 citations

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Authors

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  1. JL
    Jean Le Dividich

    Physiologie, Environnement et Génétique pour l'Animal et les Systèmes d'Elevage, France

    2 publications · 63 citations

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  2. YT
    Yukari Takeuchi

    The University of Tokyo, Japan

    2 publications · 130 citations

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  3. TK
    Takefumi Kikusui

    Azabu University, Japan

    2 publications · 130 citations

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  4. PM
    Paul Martin

    University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 261 citations

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  5. SR
    Shelley R. Saunders

    McMaster University, Canada

    2 publications · 201 citations

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  1. Physiologie de la Reproduction et des Comportements

    Nouzilly, France

    2 h-index

    13 publications

    556 citations

  2. University of Calgary

    Calgary, Canada

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    201 citations

  3. The University of Tokyo

    Tokyo, Japan

    2 h-index

    7 publications

    418 citations

  4. McMaster University

    Hamilton, Canada

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    402 citations

  5. Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

    Canberra, Australia

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    277 citations

  6. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    261 citations

  7. Cornell University

    Ithaca, United States

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    182 citations

  8. Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen

    Giessen, Germany

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    63 citations

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  1. American Journal of Physical Anthropology

    5 publications · 453 citations

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  2. Applied Animal Behaviour Science

    4 publications · 163 citations

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  3. PubMed

    Repository · 3 publications · 151 citations

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  4. Evolution

    2 publications · 63 citations

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  5. Journal of Human Evolution

    JHE · 2 publications · 283 citations

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